History of Youtube

Birth of Internet to Now

Period: Jan 9, 1969 to Nov 4, 2015

First working internet

Nov 4, 1969

Originally called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). Funded by the U.S. Deparartment of Defense, it was pretty much a school network.

ARPANET Obselete

Oct 5, 1990

With the internet being widely available to the public starting in the late 80s, ARPANET was decommissioned.

Youtube is Registered

Feb 14, 2005

Youtube was registered by ex-Paypal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.

First video

Apr 23, 2005

The Video
Posted by co-founder Jawed Karim it was entitled "Me at the Zoo".

Youtube's Beta Site

May 1, 2005

With only 5 menus on the site, which were Home, Favourites, Messages, Videos and My Profile.

The NBC Deal

Jun 6, 2005

NBC asked the Youtube providers to pull the clip "Lazy Sunday" from SNL and put it on both sites. This brought major attention to both companies and paved the way for later and bigger pertnerships.

First Viral Video

Sep 6, 2005

The ad
The first video to get 1 million hits was a Nike commercial.It featured the Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho.

Out of Beta

Dec 15, 2005

The creators of Youtube were able to launch Youtube out of Beta following a $3.5 Million investment from Sequoia Capital in November of the same year.

Google buys Youtube

Oct 6, 2006

Seeing the potential in Youtube, Google bought the video sharing site for $1.65 billion. At the time, Youtube was about 65 employees strong.

Partner Program

May 6, 2007

The Partner Program in Youtube lets people be paid depending on how popular their videos are. Some people are actually able to make a living off of this. Some have even earned up to 6 figure salaries.

The CNN Deal

Jul 6, 2007

Thanks to the CNN deal, people were able to post their questions for the presidential debate the next year. 7 out of the 16 candidates even announced candidacy on Youtube.

Youtube's First Ads

Aug 9, 2007

Everyone has seen those little ad banners on the bottom of the video. Those were the first ads on Youtube which were added by Google.

VEVO

Apr 9, 2009

VEVO is the service used by music artists on Youtube to distribute their music videos. This service was created by Youtube to fix a bond with the record companies.

Youtube Rentals

Jan 9, 2010

Youtube started renting movies in the beginning of 2010. The companies they offer now include Paramount, Warner Brothers, Disney, Sony and Universal.

Youtube Live

Apr 9, 2011

Youtube started broadcasting live streams in 2011. Some streams include News, the Olympics, even the Royal Wedding.

Streaming The Olympics

Jul 9, 2012

For the first time people could watch the Olympics free online from anywhere. Youtube was streaming the Summer Olympics via NBC.